Iraq vet to Obama: ‘I didn’t get my arm blown off so you could sit on your ass . . . why did you throw our sacrifices away?’

June 14, 2014 by Tom Tillison 42 Comments

Iraq war veteran J. R. Salzman, who lost an arm in a 2006 attack in Baghdad, showed little mercy for President Obama Friday when he posted a series of tweets slamming the president for throwing away the sacrifices so many made in Iraq.
Salzman didn’t pull any punches in telling Obama to “do your job,” and also reminded him of his own words during an earlier encounter between the two, according to Twitchy:

I did not get an arm blown off in Baghdad so you could sit on your ass and watch Iraq fall, @BarackObama. I did my job. DO YOUR JOB.
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) June 13, 2014

Remember when we met in 2007 @BarackObama? You said you were proud of our sacrifices. So why did you throw them away? pic.twitter.com/NYrX8Xllbx
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) June 13, 2014

Despite his own sacrifices, Salzman let Obama know that some paid with the last full measure of devotion and asked if he would be willing to apologize to their families:

This is my friend SGT Turcotte. Will you apologize to his family for throwing away our sacrifices, @BarackObama? pic.twitter.com/gciRraPw82
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) June 13, 2014

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Earlier, Salzman, now a champion logroller, shared his thoughts on Obama’s attitude toward veterans — powerful commentary.

Between Iraq, the VA, and the Burgdahl debacle, I’m having trouble thinking this is incompetence on Obama’s part & not malice toward vets.
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) June 13, 2014

Why doesn’t @BarackObama just burn the VA down? Barricading vet memorials, VA scandal, fumbling Iraq, he clearly doesn’t care about vets.
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) June 13, 2014

Why not just burn the VA down, @BarackObama, and seal the deal on vets? When have you done anything for vets besides use us political pawns?
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) June 13, 2014